A drunken woman who set fire to her own home has been jailed for two years today.

Natasha Bradbury, aged 27, was told her actions could have had “horrendous” consequences.

Swansea crown court heard how Bradbury had been out for the night on January 17 and on arriving home found she could not get inside her flat at Chestnut Way, Mount Estate, Milford Haven.

Judge Peter Heywood said Bradbury, clearly intoxicated, disturbed a neighbour by banging on her own front door.

Then, out of anger, she reached through the letterbox and used a cigarette lighter to set fire to a curtain, before walking off shouting that she did not care about any of the other people living in the building.

Fortunately, said Judge Heywood, Bradbury’s then boyfriend Luke Jones and another man smashed a pane of glass in the door and got into the flat. They quickly put out the flames.

Bradbury admitted arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered or property damaged.

Judge Heywood said he accepted that Bradbury was not a “fire raiser who got a thrill out of seeing buildings go up in flames.”

But fires could get quickly out of control and starting one deliberately was “hugely reckless.”

He added that he was sure Bradbury now realised the stupidity of what she had done but he would be failing in his public duty if he did not mark the offending with an immediate prison term.